Westgate Road, grave cover

HER Number

6658

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road, grave cover

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific

Grave Slab

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Fine floreated graver cover, discovered near the Stephenson Monument, on the site of the Chapel of the Virgin Mary (later grammar school) HER 1502. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by Tyrie and Graham, contractors, Redheugh, Gateshead.

Easting

424730

Northing

563940

Grid Reference

NZ424730563940

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, IV (1890), pp 284, 286-287